How colleges use affirmative action in admissions

WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS AIR- QUALITY ISSUE. >> ANDREW RAMEAU'S IN CHICAGO. WE HOPE YOU GET A BREAK AND GET SOME EYEDROPS AND PRETTY SOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> THE SUPREME COURT WILL LIKELY DECIDE IF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CAN BE USED IN THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS PROCESS THIS WEEK. THE TWO CASES BEFORE THE COURT BUILD ON DECADES OF DEBATE AND LEGAL CHALLENGES. >> TO INCREASE REPRESENTATION, BUT

THE COURT HAS UPHELD THE UNIVERSITY'S RIGHT TO USE RACE RACE CONSCIOUS MEASURES IN THE ADMISSIONS PROCESS. IT CAN ONLY BE ONE FACTOR AND HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR UNIVERSITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, CANNOT USE A QUOTA OR FORMULAIC SYSTEM THAT WOULD ASIDE ALL UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY APPLICANTS FOR A HIGHER POINT VALUE THAN OTHERS. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LEGALITY HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN CHALLENGED AND UPHELD BY THE SUPREME COURT MULTIPLE TIMES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT

CHALLENGES OCCURRED IN 1978, 2003 AND 20 16th EACH OF THOSE TIMES, JUSTICES MAINTAINED THERE IS A COMPELLING STATE INTEREST TO CONSIDER RACE AND IN UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS BECAUSE OF THE BENEFITS TO ALL STUDENTS FROM HAVING A DIVERSE CAMPUS. THE COURT SO STRESSES THAT THE POLICIES NEED TO BE REVISITED PERIODICALLY TO ENSURE THEY ARE NARROWLY TERRIER TAILORED AND NECESSARY. THAT ISSUE IS WHAT CAME UP MULTIPLE TIMES DURING

ARGUMENTS IN THE TWO CASES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEFORE THE COURT. STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS VERSUS HARVARD COLLEGE AND THE CASE BY THE SAME ORGANIZATION AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE CASES UTILIZE TWO DIFFERENT ARGUMENTS AGAINST AFFIRMATIVE AFFIRMATIVE EXIT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CONSTITUTIONALITY. IN THE HARVARD CASE THE POLICY VIOLATED TITLE VI BY DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ASIAN AMERICAN APPLICANTS WERE OFTEN OVERREPRESENTED BASED ON THE POPULATION SIZE AT HARVARD

UNIVERSITY. IN THE NORTH CAROLINA CASE, THE PLAINTIFFS THERE ARGUE THAT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE 14th AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT DOES NOT NEED TO CONSIDER RACE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY. A DECISION IN THESE CASES IS EXPECTED AT SOME POIN